Web/API/CSS/paintWorklet

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This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

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paintWorklet is a static, read-only property of the CSS interface that provides access to the PaintWorklet, which programmatically generates an image where a CSS property expects a file.

Syntax

var worklet = CSS.paintWorklet;

Value

The PaintWorklet object.

Examples

The following example demonstrates loading a PaintWorklet from its js file and does so by feature detection.

<script>
  if ('paintWorklet' in CSS) {
    CSS.paintWorklet.addModule('checkerboard.js');
  }
</script>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Painting API Level 1The definition of 'paintWorklet' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`paintWorklet` Experimental'	Chrome Full support 65	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support 52	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 65	Chrome Android Full support 65	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 47	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 9.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.